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Shirley Booth
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Actor Born: August 30, 1898 in New York City, NY Death: October 16, 1992 in Cape Cod, VT Biography:Born Thelma Ford, Shirley Booth began appearing in amateur plays at age 12, then made her professional stage debut four years later; her Broadway debut, in 1925, was opposite "Humphrey Bogart" in Hells' Bells. Booth toiled on Broadway for a decade before being cast in her first significant role. Ultimately, her work on stage and radio led to a lead role in Come Back, Little Sheba (1950), for which she won the Tony Award and the New York Drama Critics Award; she made her screen debut in the film version of that play (1952) and won the Best Actress Oscar for her efforts. Booth did a number of other films, but in her later years she was best-known as the maid Hazel in the TV series "Hazel" (1961-66). She retired after appearing in the TV series A Touch of Grace (1973). ~ All Movie Guide
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